Sunday, October 6, 2013

Bangkok FC 2-1 Singh Tarua

A Tawin double gave the advantage to Bangkok FC in the battle for the
third promotion place as the Iron Bulls beat Singh Tarua 2-1.

The
away side had their noses infront coming into the game and it was they
who set up with a cagey 4-5-1 formation. The opening half hour was
fairly devoid of any action yet it was the hosts, playing with a more
traditional 4-4-2 formation, who were more intent on making the breakthrew.

The opening goal came in the 32nd minute when Tawin neatly cut inside his marker and fired home from inside the box.

Tarua
made a double substitution at half time in a bid to bolster their
attacking options. However, it was Bangkok FC who doubled the lead in
the 57th minute when Lee Tuck slithered his way along the byline before
teeing up Tawin to shoot home at the near post.

Within
two minutes, Tarua were back in the game after Ali Diarra headed home a
Leandro cross after the Brazilain's initial corner had returned to him.

The closest Tarua came to equalizing was a Sarawut header in the 66th minute which landed on the roof of the net.

Unfortunately
for the 2,000 plus Tarua contingent, there was to be no fightback as
Bangkok FC whittled down the clock fairly easily with a combination of
stubborn defending and timewasting. The visitors ran out of ideas and
resorted to hitting aimless high balls up to Leandro and Christen.

The
2-1 victory means that Bangkok FC move two points clear of Singh Tarua
with three games to play. They only positive from today for Tarua is
that they'd hold the better head-to-head record if both teams finished
level on points. Bangkok have Rayong FC (A), Krabi (H) and PTT Rayong to
finish. Singh Tarua now need to beat TTM (H), Nakhon Pathom (A) and Air
Force (H) and hope that the Bang Mod side drop points in one of their
three remaining fixtures.

Disappointingly, or
somewhat predictably, the end of the game was marred with crowd trouble
as both sets of fans were supposed to be paying respect to each other in
the traditional Thai way.